PRK Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) Would anyone care to share pics of their favorite cambrian fossil? Edited October 5, 2013 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I have not got any, never had the opportunity to collect a Cambrian age site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Here's one. I believe it's Cyanobacteria from the Wheeler Shale in Utah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Those layers are way too deep down for me, but I'm waiting with bated breath. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 just the standard wheeler trilos for me, found years ago with forum member ebrocklds, well before the advent of this fine forum. he's a utah local but hasnt posted in a while; try flushing him out in the open for some pics of his personal collection. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Since size always matters the choice for me is this behemoth trilobite part and counterpart from the middle Cambrian of Morocco. This trilobite is not only remarkable for its large size but also because it is a 99% unrestored and authentic example as it was split and found. The 1% touch-up can be seen on the part where the first right pleural tip was added. The only work done on the counterpart is a fracture repair through the cephalon. This trilobite is easily my favorite Cambrian fossil. Acadoparadoxides sp. 16" (41cm) Middle Cambrian - Asrir Tazlaft Mbr. Jbel Wawrmast Formation, Morocco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Amecephalus idahoense from the spence shale of idaho! My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) A few finds from the Spense Shale here in SE Idaho. A hyolith and a couple of little trilobite. A very small trilobite. And the most complete trilobite of the trip with a nice brach for a bonus! Edited February 17, 2013 by Jesse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Olenellus clarki Latham Shale (I think), Lower Cambrian Providence Mountains, California Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 That's a sweet ptrilo pic. i love Latham fauna. The providence has produced most of the finer Latham shale fossils I've seen. Well over and above the marble mtns. Did you collect the providence? Got any more? Cambrian post 12/20/12 I bought it in a rock shop 20 years ago. There is a counterpart as well. I would love to collect there, but I'm afraid the area is now within the Mojave National Preserve. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 YES! Your absolutely right! I was lucky enough to collect there just before they made it a trilobite preserve! Yes, a trilobite preserve. Making material from there, quite rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 So what is a 'trilobite preserve'? It sounds like another term for 'trilobite destruction-by-weathering zone'. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 (edited) Your right!! no collecting cambrian fossils, strictly, without a permit. Preserved for future research. I would love to go back Edited February 24, 2013 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) This is my favorite lower cambrian fossil. I collected it from the Latham shale in San Bernardino county, calif (Olenellus) Bristolia mohavensis Edited March 30, 2013 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Hi PRK, Yes an olenellid but the genus / species is Bristolia mohavensis. Congrats on another beautiful bug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 Ahh haa!! So it's been changed once again relativly recently. Cool! Cause there are lots of trilos with the Olenellus name. However I would much rather have a Bristolia. Much more diagnostic of the locality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 On 3/3/2013 at 6:42 PM, PRK said: Ahh haa!! So it's been changed once again relativly recently. Cool! Cause there are lots of trilos with the Olenellus name. However I would much rather have a Bristolia. Much more diagnostic of the locality. It was reassigned to Bristolia by Lieberman in 1999. Attached is the info if you want to print it for your files. Lieberman, B.S. 1999 Systematic Revision of the Olenelloidea (Trilobita, Cambrian). Peabody Museum, Yale University, Bulletin 45:1-150 PDF LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 (edited) I never thought about it, but I guess I was relativly lucky to live near a nice cambrian locality(a couple hundred km) I love this little cambrian guy Edited August 10, 2013 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 So what is a 'trilobite preserve'? It sounds like another term for 'trilobite destruction-by-weathering zone'. Well said! This is a fun topic.. All of my Cambrian fossils are my fav's (which is not very many - have not been able to buy very many and found even fewer myself).. hard to choose... but right now I think this one is my favorite, assuming the coloration is natural and not artificially applied (still researching): apparently Pailiella pateliformis (medusoids), U Camb (Dresbachian) Mt Simon Complex, Mosinee WI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsam Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 we have many trilobites from delta utah, will try a get pictures up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) I have several but this slab may be my favorite one: Zacanthoides liddelli Robison and Babcock 2011 (Note that this now may just be a variety of typicalis according to Andrew R C Milner, George Ast and Richie Kwik Kurkewicz ) Chisholm Shale, Middle Cambrian Pioche, Nevada Probably one of my top two or three special bugs, and it is a work of natural art with those colors as well. So my favorite piece hands down. Edited August 9, 2013 by trilobiteruss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 we have many trilobites from delta utah, will try a get pictures up and running. Looking forward to your picts also... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I have posted these before but they are my favourite Cambrian fossils in my collection. All found in Skåne, Sweden. - Olenus sp - Agnostus sp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonsfly Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Nice bugs guys ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I like your Fallotaspis cf. bondoni Inyo. Those early Cambrian bugs. I have a nice Eofallotaspis from that same area, I guess just below your find. In the story of Cambrian trilobites the Fallotaspids are perhaps the most interesting, rare and show us the early trilobite form with thin shells that first appeared in the lower Cambrian. Special bug indeed. I am like you I could have put up lot of special bugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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